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CAPE BRETON POST -
Plans converge for better health
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=227038&sc=151
HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Weight-loss industry: Consumers need help
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1109141.html
AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Disaster in wings View comments3
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=227329&sc=61
MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Anti-gang measures have little lasting value
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Anti+gang+measures+have+little+lasting+value/1343166/story.html
OTTAWA CITIZEN -
More than child's play
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/More+than+child+play/1343375/story.html
KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
POLITICIANS STILL PLAYING GAMES
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1457646
TORONTO STAR -
No future for wind in Ontario
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/594444
More talk than action on the economy
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/594446
GLOBE & MAIL -
Advancing on many frontsComment4
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.weObama02/BNStory/specialComment/home
Obama: Budget a threat to status quo
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090228.wobamabudg0229/BNStory/specialComment
The ensign and the bison
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.weFlag02/BNStory/specialComment/home
NATIONAL POST -
Canada's new haves and have-nots
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1343248
HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Higher tuition: The dangers
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/523010
ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
It always hurts to be dumped
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1458094
NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
When the Qur'an is mutilated by Muslims
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1457694
K-W RECORD -
Harper's stimulus package could cost him a lot
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/496690
WINDSOR STAR -
Taser debate: Care and caution needed
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/Taser+debate/1343600/story.html
SUDBURY STAR -
Public's right to know stifled
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1458202
THUNDER BAY CHRONICLE JOURNAL -
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories.php?id=168482
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories.php?id=168482
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Canada's birth-rate crisis
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/canadas_birth-rate_crisis-40524917.html
CALGARY HERALD -
CBC at crossroads
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=86861f97-fcb5-4e68-93a8-ea888e780276
Long-awaited rights reforms on the way
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=4db98b23-c0f8-4fce-b9d2-1beb47186f94
CALGARY SUN -
What are the odds we trust them?
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/POV/2009/03/02/8584451-sun.html
GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
Swift action needed on lottery abuses - Governments need to step in to fix obvious problem
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1458483
LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Budding leaders deserve kudos
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/36469/56/
RED DEER ADVOCATE -
Global warming unstoppable?
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/Global_warming_unstoppable.html
Are we digging ourselves into a hole with carbon capture?
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/Are_we_digging_ourselves_into_a_hole_with_carbon_capture.html
VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
No perfect truths when debating love
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorials/perfect+truths+when+debating+love/1344018/story.html
VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Get tougher on drunk driving
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=915581ac-57a9-4fcd-b4d4-aff3276fd725
Canadian politics dismal, drifting
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=b972ffd8-fbbe-43a3-b8bf-568a2c0f95e9
Time to move beyond fearing the smart
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=107ea89e-9696-4a70-8c63-bf612d4dae8f
ISSUES
AF-PAK PROBLEM -
Taliban rivals unite to fight US troop surge
Move by Pakistani militants prompts fears of escalation in Afghan violence
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/03/taliban-pakistan-afghanistan-us-surge
France's Morin favors NATO Afghan withdrawal date
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-38299420090303
CANADIAN FORCES -
Canada to open 8 support centres for members of military
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/02/support-centres.html
Probe finds Taliban, not Canadians, to blame for slain Afghan boys
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1344447
CANUSA/USACAN -
Canada wants North American standard on fuel efficiency
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1344896
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
Deep recession began in late 2008: StatsCan
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/595132
Small business owners falling through credit cracks
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1343244
Canada remains relatively strong: Harper
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1345287
FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Treason nobody talks about
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1109120.html
The dictionary of empire-speak
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KC03Df02.html
HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Canadians make stem-cell breakthrough
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.wstemcells0301/BNStory/Science/home
The French remedy still works for medicare
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090227.wcogagnon02/BNStory/specialComment/home
Alcohol disorder takes toll
http://www.thestar.com/ParentCentral/Babies&Pregnancy/article/595043
POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
Tory's future in politics comes down to the wire
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/595063
B.C. moves to regulate payday loan companies to better protect consumers
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i0qGbRstaGomN_gBtkTT3m7jjuwA
FEDERAL POLITICS -
Harper accused of Afghan about-face
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/595302
- U.S. official says NATO may ask China for support in Afghanistan
- Geddes: Harper hasn't reversed himself on Afghanistan
- Howe: Taliban Steve?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090302/national/ignatieff_attack_ads
PM 'testing' House foes
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2009/03/02/8584246-sun.html
Senate won't rubber stamp $258.6-billion budget, say Liberals
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/march/2/senate_budget/&c=2
Ignatieff comes a-courtin' rural voters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090227.wcorural02/BNStory/specialComment/home
Harper rolls dice to play oil sands 'wild card'
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/594953
Tories and Libs focusing on 'key battleground' of fertile Ontario
Conservatives say Ontario will be fertile political ground in the next election.
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/2/batterground/&c=1
Ottawa Politics and News from the Hill
http://blog.macleans.ca/category/blog-central/canada-blog/capital-read/
PROGRAMMES -
Ottawa plans consultations over $12B fund for vehicle loans
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1321717
GM on right track with Canada plan: Industry Minister
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1320002
Ottawa to grill banks on rising fees
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1343245
Researchers fear 'stagnation' under Tories
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090302.wresearch02/BNStory/National/home
Afghan projects financed with aid cuts
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/595062
Patrol vessels back on Ottawa's radar
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1109203.html
PRESSURE POINTS -
Climate change double-think
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=d42a5618-e09b-4765-b180-edadc59d6677
Oil sands exposé deserves more energetic response
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/595034
The verdict: guilty of failing the rule of law
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1109124.html
Canada 'twiddles its thumbs' waiting for an American-made climate strategy: environmentalists
Obama shows 'real leadership' on environment, but Canada is stuck in a holding pattern.
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/2/canada_twiddles_thumbs/&c=1
OPINION AND INFORMATION -
Automotive bailout must not be free ride
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1343240
Harper philosophy collides with economic reality
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.wPOLconservative02/BNStory/politics/home
We're not waiting for our politicians to think globally
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090227.wcoworld02/BNStory/specialComment/home
Spending Smarter on Infrastructure
http://www.spendingsmarter.ca/news/assets/March%202009.htm
INFOS -
Harper fait volte-face sur l'Afghanistan, selon l'opposition
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200903/02/01-832593-harper-fait-volte-face-sur-lafghanistan-selon-lopposition.php
Une question d'image, selon des experts
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200903/01/01-832342-une-question-dimage-selon-des-experts.php
Afghanistan: les Occidentaux ne vaincront pas, affirme Harper
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200903/02/01-832399-afghanistan-les-occidentaux-ne-vaincront-pas-affirme-harper.php
Ottawa a accordé un permis à un présumé trafiquant de drogue
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200903/01/01-832329-ottawa-a-accorde-un-permis-a-un-presume-trafiquant-de-drogue.php
Le gouvernement fédéral veut que la population se méfie des fraudeurs
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090302/N030256AU.html
L'armée canadienne attribue aux talibans la mort de trois enfants afghans
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090302/N0302170AU.html
Les conservateurs laissent tomber les gants devant Micheal Ignatieff
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090301/N0301100AU.html
Le ministre fédéral de l'Environnement, Jim Prentice, se rend à Washington
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090301/N0301122AU.html
Ottawa créera un réseau de huit centres de soutien aux militaires
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090302/N0302168AU.html
Garderies: un gouvernement du PLC créera un réseau national, dit Ignatieff
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090301/N0301124AU.html
Un « virage » conservateur critiqué
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/03/02/001-afghanistan-reactions.shtml
Impossible de gagner en Afghanistan, dit Harper
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/03/02/236813.html
Ignatieff lâche Elizabeth May et les verts
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/03/02/236803.html
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From: alan heisey <hize@earthlink.net>Subject: Re: BELOW(30) March 2nd, 2009
j, please advise bill allen that the combined might of respondents' letters to the useful dd service has less influence, in my humble opinion, than a formal resolution from a cpc eda meeting after a discussion with the resolution being forwarded to the ministers involved. the break for the ministers involved is that the tory ridings collectively very rarely resolve anything, so damming letters in the daily press get read by ministerial underlings who report trends carefully.
but dd exchanges make us feel good, usually. cz
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: DD
Joe--I can't but think of adscam when reading this 'trust us' blather. No
oversight? Isn't that what adscam was also? Sadly, with oversight or not
we are again being used as trough fillers.
Expect mistakes? What else would we expect. We all know that promises are
not worth the paper they are written on, words mean nothing to our exalted
leaders of any Party, and we should just shut up and keep paying our taxes.
If we lose our jobs and have no earnings that the government can tax, they
will come up with creative ways to add taxes to other areas.
We are accuse of living on credit and not paying our bills, but the
governments have no such problem. I guess when you don't have to be
responsible for your own waste you can throw our money around? They have
accessed the motherlode--that being the poor taxpayer. Why there hasn't
been a tax revolt in this country speaks volumes about us as gutless
wonders. That we have lived our entire life knowing in our souls that we
cannot trust any government, we are now being raped and pillaged and told to
trust the untrustable. How true it is that we get the government we
deserve. There is more of us than there is of them. The longer we keep
bowing and scraping to these monsters the longer we give them to perfect
their complete dictatorship over us.
How much longer will we be so complacent? What will it take to bring
democracy back to this God forsaken country?
Becky
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From: The Natroses to Hill Times
Navigable Waters Protection Act will impact Canadians
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/2/letter7/&c=1
Changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act included in Budget Bill C-10 will bring on a host of new changes in other areas that will impact Canadians.
By classifying waterways, access for the average Canadian will be limited, and in some cases it will cost money to sail a boat through some areas.
By giving the power and decision-making to the minister, the Harper government has done away with consulting the people. But it is no different from the changes that have been made in other government departments where the ministers control the direction, and policy decisions where input is limited and left to the discretion of the minister. Departments such as Fisheries and Oceans, Immigration, Public Safety, and Transportation all have immense powers to make changes without the bother of debate or being accountable to ordinary Canadians.
Nancy Clarke
Grand Bank, Nfld.
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From: Eugene Parks to Hill Times
GM's loan request big, but end of automotive production bigger
GM is requesting a loan of $10-billion. That is a one-time loan for about one per cent of Canada's yearly economic output; or four per cent of the federal budget. That's a lot of cash.
The Canadian auto industry accounts for roughly 500,000 Canadian workers, significantly more than one per cent of the Canadian economy (or four per cent of one year's federal revenues).
Letting the auto industry fail means a jump in Canadian unemployment to 10 per cent or more. And, federal revenues drop by more than four per cent while unemployment and welfare payments jump significantly.
Asking for a $10-billion loan is a big deal; the end of domestic automotive production in Canada is a bigger, and more costly, deal.
Eugene Parks
Victoria, B.C.
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Subject: Doom, gloom .. All we need is an asteroid collision and we'll have a (bad) boom, too ...
From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
Dum-de-DUM-dum ...
AIG heads back to cash counter, The US budget, GM and Toyota are hurting, and Mother Britannia sinks below the waves she once ruled
http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2009/03/weekly-industry-crib-sheet-030209-aig-back-for-more-obama-budget-for-2010-unemployement-up.html?WT.mc_t=blg&WT.mc_n=blg0309&channel=email
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From: "Serge Crespy"
Subject: SPIRITUAL $$$$$$$$
Hi, Joe:
Governments are asking people to inhale, as they exhale; save, save, as we should spend, spend, to motivate the economy. The short breathing spells, hit and run, profit-taking philosophy of business has damaged the economy. The system must take a deep breath for all related cycles to stabilize.
An extended feeding-frenzy has remained unchecked resulting in a major case of constipation for the economy. Cod liver oil, (assistance) is being administered by the Governments; too much will create another problem.
Governments must re-energize capitalism with an equal sense of spiritualism; a "New World Order", with the spiritual instinctively moderating one's physical needs and wants. All personal beliefs aside, one must ultimately be considerate of "We, The People". As GOD does not have an advertising budget, I have no-doubt that collectively, society will elevate itself to the next level.
Sincerely,
Serge Crespy
Collingwood, ON
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From: Ron Thornton
Hi Joe:
After a while, maybe we should just capitulate and go with the flow. Maybe we are wrong. For example, the Edmonton Public Library no longer asks for membership dues. On renewal, they simply ask if you wish to make a donation. If you don't, they'll just hand you your membership for nothing. Considering the material is available to all, as the membership just gives you the option of removing it for a few weeks, I thought this a pretty stupid, irresponsible move. Then I thought, if they really don't want me to pay, then maybe I should shut up and save the $12 annual fee. I know, who can't afford a dollar a month? Then again, why argue?
You argue against Bill C-10, yet you don't consider that maybe the Chinese would like to buy up our country, too. While they are busily buying up the US debt, maybe they would like to invest in every small to medium sized business (or anything valued at less than a billion bucks) on this side of the border. After they finish buying up everything, then maybe a few of those billion folks might like to move to our sparsely populated land to run those businesses. Open the borders, I say! I mean, those who own our country should be given the opportunity to live in it, shouldn't they?
There could be benefits of selling off our country to foreign interests, especially the Chinese. While Maple Leaf continues to have its public relations problems, I can't help but remember how the Chinese took care of their tainted milk concerns. If some guy is making millions to run a company into the ground, I wonder what kind of golden handshake such a CEO would get in China? No doubt it would involve some kind of celebration involving fireworks, or something that rather sounds like fireworks.
As for having legislation shoved through Parliament without any proper vetting, I really don't know what your problem is. I mean, if Iggy didn't like it, he would have said so. Wouldn't he? I mean, if Jack is nuts and Gilles just wants to suck the rest of us dry, then I'm sure we have Stephen and Mikey standing on guard for thee and we. All they ask is that we bend over, grab our ankles, and give thanks for what we are about to receive.
Okay, maybe the path of least resistance might actually prove to be just one big pain in the ass after all. Never mind.
Ron
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Mikey _______?
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Mikey Ignatieff, Joe. You know, Stephane Dion with testicles.
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. . never noticed Iggy's first name before.I
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From: Lorimer Rutty
Subject: new subscribers
Joe
You identified one of two new subscribers.
Being blinded by this exhilaration you forgot to mention to them the
DD rules of the substrate.
It's 12 point. Don't you remember?
Lorimer
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From: Caspar Davis
Subject: Harper Using Elections Canada to Chills Citizens' Groups - HarperIndex.ca
Hi Joe,
In case you haven't seen this:
http://www.harperindex.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00193
Elections Canada warning chills citizens' groups
Warning letter blurs lines between advertising and advocacy.
http://www.harperindex.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00193
by Ish Theilheimer
Ottawa, February 26, 2009, HarperIndex.ca: A chill could fall on advocacy groups of all kinds if a letter the Sierra Club of Canada got this week from Elections Canada is any indication.
The letter received by Sierra Club's executive director Stephen Hazell said that the organization had violated the Elections Act by holding a joint news conference and issuing a news release during last fall's general election, without registering as a third party.
(There is a video )
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From: John Halonen
It may be better for Stephen Harper to tell his real truth.
If Canada is to have a future that is positive from a totally Canadian perspective,
we really need to have a leader that wants it and believes that Canada has a future.
If Canada is to have a future just for Canadians, then the actions by our government
should portray that.
Unfortunately we have a leader that has no direction and cares less. The actions of
our Prime Minister should be one that all Canadians can follow. Where is our future,
without a leader that we can follow and believe in?
John Halonen
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From: Charles Tupper
Subject: THE SECRET GOVERNMENT
This group is known as the Global Elite.
Their wealth is accumulating on a compound basis. They determine the course of history, through virtual control of the world economy.
They are working to a 'grand plan' which is now well-advanced.
The common reaction of people when first hearing of the global elite and their operations is one of disbelief and a refusal to give the claims any credibility as it appears so outrageous. But during the last few years there has been an increasing volume of books, articles and essays, all with the same story. All are based on well-documented research. The information revealed is consistent with the events of recent history, leaving no room for doubt. It is the "New World Order" taking shape - the Global Elite strategy.
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: DD
Joe--re the submission by Charles Tupper and Harper's words re supporting Israel in it's attack on Iran.
If I have this straight our PM is in support of genocide, war for nebulous reasons(same as justification for attacking Iraq--WMD) and would probably send our children and grandchildren to fight a battle for a foreign state?????
The IAE has stated that Iran does not have nuclear weapons. Same as they said for Iraq where they were proven correct. Iran has not attacked anyone--but Canada has attacked Yugoslavia and Afghanistan in the past few years. Israel has attacked innocent people and killed(genocide) women and children while stealing their land, killing their livestock, destroying their orchards and chemically polluting their fields, using banned weapons and we support them????? As for Iran acquiring weapons to 'act on the ideology of evil', I think that description fits Israel to a T. We have just been given proof of that.
Harper must be stopped. He is supporting something that the majority of Canadians find evil and against everything we have ever been taught. Sadly there is not a political party in Canada that is not controlled by the evil money masters.
How can any thinking person accept the actions of the state of Israel which we have seen over and over again since before 1948, and yet castigate Iran which has a long history of being a peaceful nation? Are Canadians, in Harper's eyes, so controlled that he believes we will not think this through for ourselves. Then we have Lawrence Cannon supposedly meeting with the leader of Hamas, Abbas, when the entire world knows(at least those of us that think) that Abbas is NOT the leader of Hamas, but, like Harper and our other 'leaders' is nothing more than a puppet of Israel.
I will state it again--I AM ASHAMED TO BE A CANADIAN. Harper does not speak for me.
Becky
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